Perspectives in entrepreneurship
Subtitle: a critical approach
By: edited by Kevin Mole, Monder Ram
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230241107
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / New Business Enterprises; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development; Study and teaching; Entrepreneurship
Description: "This text seeks to explain the emergence and development of entrepreneurship and to make students aware of different perspectives taken within the discipline. It iscritical in its approach, expounding the view that contrasting positions can be taken in considering certain instances, and aiming to add to the academic body of knowledge in this still emerging field  -  but in a student friendly fashion.The book iswritten by acknowledged experts and high profile academics.It willtend toappeal to more advanced students and lecturers within the subject area"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Part 1: Context; title: Chapter 1: Introduction to Theory in Entrepreneurship - Kevin Mole, Warwick& Monder Ram, De Montfort; title: Part 2: Micro Views; title: Chapter 2: The Interpretist View - Denise Fletcher, Sheffield; title: Chapter 3: The Psychology of the Entrepreneur; title: Chapter 4: The Rational Choice approach to entrepreneurship; title: Part 3: Macro Views; title: Chapter 5: Feminist Theory - Sue Marlow, De Montfort; title: Chapter 6: Network Approaches and Embeddedness - Sarah Jack, Lancaster; title: Chapter 7: Institutional Approaches to Entrepreneurship - Paul Tracey, Cambridge; title: Chapter 8: Organization Ecology; title: Chapter 9: The Resource Based View of the Firm; title: Part 4: Integrating Micro& Macro; title: Chapter 10: Critical Realism - Paul Edwards, Warwick, Kevin Mole, Warwick& Monder Ram, De Montfort; title: Chapter 11: The Future of Entrepreneurship - Kevin Mole, Warwick& Monder Ram, De Montfort.